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Topic: The Newest Emmons Convert |
Kyle Everson
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 9 Feb 2008 5:54 pm |
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I'd like to share with y'all the results of my Saturday afternoon. I went down to Franklin, TN, to a guitar show my friends were attending. At one of the booths, there was a piece of white paper taped onto the display table that said "Emmons Steel with Stool." I asked to see the guitar, and promptly set it up. Turned out to be a lacquer body PP. The pedals played like butter. The knees were ok.
It's dirty and needs to be cleaned up and set-up by a good PP mechanic, but it is fully playable at this moment. Even with the rusty old strings, the tone was beautiful. It was even in tune! Ha, that surprised me.
The serial number is 1545 D. If anyone knows who the previous owner was, I would be interested in that. The dealer said he bought it at an estate sale.
Anyway I thought you guys might like to see some pictures of the guitar. It looks to have been hunter green originally, but it has faded to natural maple on the back and corners. Kind of the LDG syndrome.
-Kyle |
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 9 Feb 2008 5:58 pm Here are some pictures
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 9 Feb 2008 6:03 pm Couple more
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This pac-a-seat came with the deal.
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2008 6:08 pm
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Great find, Kyle!!
I'll look forward to seeing it up close and personal. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 9 Feb 2008 7:40 pm
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Gorgeous! Please tell me you didn't get it for $50. 
Looks like a keeper to me. Congrats!
_________________
Jackson Steel Guitars
Web: www.chrisledrew.com |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 9 Feb 2008 7:54 pm
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| What a steal...steel, ahem... You got one of the great ones there Kyle! |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 6:28 am
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Kyle:
I would suggest the guitar is too old for you...So if you would send it to me it would fit right in with my other three and we would both be happy , no ?
You are a lucky guy to find this horn.You are now hooked and will never get over the old p/p thing.
Old Bud
Too many steels...to list.. |
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 7:45 am
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| Kyle, if you would like to have that 1971 Emmons made to look and play like new......call Bryan Adams in Mountain City, TN 423-727-6093. Looks like you have a great guitar. |
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Manfred Schall
From:
Langenfeld, Germany
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 9:45 am
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Hi Kyle,
if you gonna bring it to BA you probably get it back like this:
Have fun with it.
Cheers,
Manfred |
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 12:51 pm
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I would hate to hear how good of a deal you got on that. I bet it was a good'un  |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 11 Feb 2008 4:08 pm
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| i would just keep it the way it is and play it....nice! i've never seen knee levers like that...they look great....wonder if they're stock...not that it matters. |
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Benton Allen
From:
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2008 12:52 pm
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Hey Kyle!
Looks a lot like my 1979 model!
Great guitar. You'll love it.
Benton
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 12 Feb 2008 1:24 pm
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| Whew, Benton, that's a good-lookin' steel. I've noticed that most of the lacquer PP's have what I call "block" binding (like Benton's) or "step" binding (like Manfred's). I haven't seen many with the zig-zag type that mine has. I recall the early Sho~Bud Professionals having this binding. Anyone got more pictures?? |
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